When to watch Emmerdale and Corrie on ITV this week

The broadcaster often moves its soap line-up to make room for football coverage, and Wednesday, August 12 will be no exception.

Here is the schedule soap fans need to know about for the week ahead.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street fans can’t watch new episode on Wednesday

On Wednesday, ITV will air the Manchester United v Leeds United pre-season friendly from 7pm, with the kick-off at 7.30pm.

Coverage of the game will run until 10pm on ITV1, meaning the usual Emmerdale and Coronation Street slots are replaced by it.

While both soaps will run as usual otherwise this week, there is no Sunday (August 16) episode scheduled at the time of writing.

This means, as things stand, soap fans will be down a 30-minute episode of each show compared to their usual schedules of five episodes per week, but this could change.

Emma Matthews to return to Corrie for third stint on ITV soap

Coronation Street is set to bring back an actress for the third time on the ITV soap, but in a new role, according to reports.

Bolton-born actress Emma Matthews will be making a return to the cobbles, nearly a decade after her last appearance on the long-running programme.

Matthews previously played social worker Fiona Crowley, who featured in two episodes in 2017 and was responsible for taking Abi Webster’s twins into care following a relapse.

Prior to that, she appeared as a nurse at Weatherfield General Hospital in episodes aired between 2012 and 2015.

While details of her new role remain under wraps, Matthews is expected to appear on-screen later in the year, according to The Sun.

This return comes as she balances her acting career with academic pursuits, as she is studying a master’s qualification in theatre directing.

She directed a production of Beautiful Thing as part of her final coursework.

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In addition to her work on Coronation Street, Ms Matthews currently stars in the West End production of Billionaire Boy at the Garrick Theatre and has directed theatre in Manchester.

She has also appeared in a wide range of TV shows, including Emmerdale, Casualty, Call The Midwife, The Bay, Prisoners’ Wives, and Until I Kill You.

Newsquest has contacted ITV for comment.

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